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Thomas Nilsen
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Blir spennende å høre hvilke vei- og jernbaneprosjekter ‘i hele Norge’ som må kuttes fordi Senterpartiet har fått gjennomslag for at båter skal seile gjennom fjell.
Our Russian language edition monitors how the war impacts the one gas station after the other in Murmansk, Karelia and other north-regions.
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Pete Hegseth compares the allies who stormed the beaches to defeat Nazi Germany with refugees and migrants coming from war torn and impoverished countries, whom he loathes. I think we know where his sympathies lie.
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Thomas Nilsen
Thomas Nilsen
The US defence secretary was speaking in Normandy, 82 years after allied forces launched their operation to liberate Nazi-occupied north-western Europe.
The Barents Observer has met defectors from Russia's bloody war against Ukraine. This is their story.
“They pulled down my trousers, and the officer picked up a bottle and said, ‘I’m going to ram this into you.’ After two days of beatings, I realised perfectly well that he was capable of it.
“They pulled down my trousers, and the officer picked up a bottle and said, ‘I’m going to ram this into you.’ After two days of beatings, I realised perfectly well that he was capable of it. So I said...
Three 🇸🇪 citizens were tonight fined 8000 NOK each (about €750) by 🇳🇴 police for throwing stones across the border with 🇷🇺 at Grense Jakobselv.
After 15 years of modernisation, another 🇷🇺 Akula-class submarine will soon be back in service, now able to carry ☢️ nuclear-capable Kalibr cruise missiles.
Russian flags are banned at many sports venues across Europe. Yet at the Spitsbergen Marathon in Longyearbyen, this nationalist—brought to Svalbard aboard the Professor Molchanov—felt entitled to wave the 🇷🇺 tricolor after winning the men's 10 km race. I add two other photos from his Instagram.
This is the first time we see nettings covering nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed subs in the Northern Fleet. But is it likely that Ukrainian freedom fighters will strike these subs?
To all my colleagues still using X: is this not enough evidence that you must stop using it?
Black smoke fills the skyline behind the Main Navy Museum in St. Petersburg. A powerful and symbolic image, carrying a simple message to Russia’s naval community: stop your crazy war against Ukraine.
Thomas Nilsen
The Barents Observer
Thomas Nilsen
Thomas Nilsen
Thomas Nilsen
Ben Goldsborough MP
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It was Zvezdochka director Nikolai Kalistratov who accepted the attack submarine Leopard for repair and extensive modernisation in 2011. Kalistratov died in 2023 and, in a poignant twist, it was a tug...
A newly published photograph from the Gadzhiyevo naval base on the Barents Sea coast has, for the first time, revealed anti-drone defences installed around Northern Fleet submarines, suggesting growin...
X owner Elon Musk has reposted his Sept 2025 call that pre-emptive inter-ethnic violence (civil war) is necessary for 'self-defence
"Elon Musk was always right
"You either fight back, or you die."
